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Wings offers free ILL software

Pigasus is to offer a simplified version of its peer to peer WINGS ILL software to try try and prime the use of ISO ILL protocols. Also announced - a bundling of Sea change’s Web Clarity. This will allow users to search via Z39.50 and place requests directly with the requesting library. Details

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Innovative new sales

Innovative Interfaces Inc has announced another raft of sales in South Africa, Bilbao, Spain and at Mills College, Oakland California. And an interesting cross supplier INN-Reach implementation in Denver.  Details

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LASER - UK ILL bureau to close

LASER - the London and South Eastern Regional Bureau - will close in September 2001. The organisation has been pioneering ILL services for 70 years and just a year ago launched its Viscount 3 service.  Details.

Sirsi - latest sales and iBistro update

Sirsi Corporation have announced several interesting new sites - a USA Naval base in Japan, Major academic libraries in US, Georgia PINES project extends and more content for their iBistro OPAC offering. Details

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Bath profile tested

Slavko Manojlovich of University of Newfoundland has been testing Z39.50 servers from leading suppliers for conformancy against the Bath Profile - the recently approved sub-set of Z39.50 aimed at improving interoperability between systems. Details

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Chameleon skins in Tennessee

VTLS Inc   have shown their latest personalisation of a user’s OPAC experience at the University of Tennessee. Details.

TLC/CARL enhance OPAC

TLC/CARL have announced enhancements to their OPAC latest personalised OPAC offering “YouSeeMore”. Cahner’s will be supplying more information to the system including book reviews. Also new of Kid’s Catalog implementations. Details

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Esprit drop Aurora

Esprit have decided not to continue with the UK distributorship of the Aurora product. Bournemouth University who decided to trial the system have pulled out - precipitating the decision. Details

Surpass offer free trial for UK

As part of its launch in to the UK, Surpass is being offered as a free trial. Uses can use the software for one year before any payment - Details.

Geac latest

Amid rumours that the library divisions has been sold, Geac has paid off another $11 million toward its loan and the deadline for discussions with its banking syndicate has been  extended until April 4th. Latest results show an improvement and the share price has rallied. Details

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